Helping You Succeed

At the Small Business Enterprise Centre, we’re dedicated to helping small business owners and entrepreneurs like you succeed in today’s ever-changing business market. Whether you are thinking about opening a business, creating your business plan, or expanding your established business, the Centre has the expertise to help propel your ideas forward.

Our Services

The Small Business Enterprise Centre offers business owners and entrepreneurs the resources and services to establish successful momentum in business:

• Free business counselling
• Free business plan reviews
• Affordable advice through our accountant/lawyer referral service
• Free access to entrepreneur-specific information, including:
  booklets, pamphlets, brochures, articles, and web sites
• Free computer and Internet access (for business purposes)
• Workshops and seminars at low cost for clients
• Networking and professional development opportunities
• Guidance on licenses, permits, regulations and other requirements
• Business registration

Our Small Business Enterprise Centre is proud to deliver the government of Ontario’s Summer Company program! An exciting opportunity for enterprising students, age 15 to 29 years old to start and run their own summer businesses.

As a Summer Company entrepreneur, you’ll receive hands-on business coaching and mentoring from local community business leaders who will help make your Summer Company a success. Who knows, it could be the start of something big!

If your application is accepted, you will be eligible to receive up to $1,500 to put toward start-up costs and up to $1,500 upon successful completion of the program. Contact Ronda Stewart at 519-633-7597 ext 30 for more detailed information.

Upcoming Events

Visit Us!

Drop in for general information:

Monday – Thursday
8:30am – 4:30pm
Friday
8:30 – 4:00pm

300 S. Edgeware Road, St Thomas

Contact Us:

Shayne Wyler – Business Counsellor

Phone: 519.633.7597 ext 331
E-mail:  swyler@elgincfdc.ca

Carol Groves – Business Counsellor/Marketing Manager

Phone: 519.633.7597 ext 323
E-mail:  cgroves@elgincfdc.ca

Melinda Cockburn – Administration

Phone: 519.633.7597 ext 324
E-mail:  mcockburn@elgincfdc.ca

The Small Business Enterprise Centre is the result of a solid partnership between the EBRC, St. Thomas Economic Development Corporation (EDC), the County of Elgin, and the government of Ontario.